Falcon 9 Block 5

Iridium-7

SpaceX launch of a
Falcon 9 Block 5 Rocket

SpaceX was scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket as part of the
Iridium-7 mission. The launch window for the Communications mission was on Wed, Jul 25th, 2018, 7:39 AM EDT from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg AFB, CA. The status of the launch was Success with an 90% chance for favorable weather conditions.
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Mission

Iridium-7

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will deliver 10 satellites to low Earth orbit for Iridium, a global leader in mobile voice and data satellite communications. This is the seventh set of 10 satellites in a series of 75 total satellites that SpaceX will launch for Iridium’s next generation global satellite constellation, Iridium® NEXT.